Blocked relation - Githubissues

We had several applications which would have been ranked highly except 
that they were blocked by something else.  (A higher-ranking 
application from the same student; a better application for the same 
project; a conflict where we agreed to give up the student.)

It would be nice if we could say "This app is blocked by that one".  
From that point on, the blocked app would not show in our normal 
summary.  (Perhaps a third tab, like ineligible.)  But the blocking app 
will show something (not nec in the summary), and if it is later 
rejected, the blocked app should come back, with a notice to anyone who 
since commented on the blocking app.

Example:

Student 1 proposes project A.
Student 2 also proposed project A, but isn't as qualified.

Mark Student 1 as blocking Student 2.  
Student 2 no longer shows up in our ranking counts.

  Student 1 gets accepted at some other org.
  We can say "go ahead and have her".
  Student 1 is then marked as blocked by OtherOrgApp.  If they turn out 
to have fewer slots than they expected, then (since we didn't change 
the scores) Student 1 still has a chance with us.
  Student 2 then re-enters our ranking list.
  People who commented on Student 1 are notified, in case they were 
voting for the project regardless of student, and want to mod up 
Student 2.

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We had several applications that would have gotten slots if they hadn't 
been accepted elsewhere.  Or, at least we *think* they were accepted 
elsewhere.  So we marked them way down to get them off our list; when 
the other org changed their minds ... in at least one case, we found 
out and marked the student back up manually.

We had several students with multiple applications, and almost 
conflicted with ourselves.

We had several students with very similar proposals.  When the selected 
student got accepted elsewhere, we would have liked to take the second 
choice -- but we didn't want both, so we couldn't just give them 
similar scores.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by JimJJew...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2007 at 3:34
engasmaa / google-summer-of-code

Blocked relation #94
